Theorycrafting, Computations, and General Observations from a Shadow Point of View

Category Archives: Theorycrafting

Just when everyone was settling in to the fixed/updated set bonuses for Shadow’s T15, Blizzard is already pushing 5.4 PTR builds out! Tonight we have the first build with of interesting information… Here are the notable changes and additions for Shadow: Shadowform’s passive damage reduction has been completely removed. Obviously, this will have an impact […]

Below is a list of enchants/enhancements for all pieces of gear, profession perks, and racial bonuses in Mists of Pandaria as of May 21, 2013. Items for enchanting which are bold and purple are exclusively usable by the profession listed as a ‘profession perk’. All enchants listed are from either Cataclysm or Mists of Pandaria. […]

Below is the latest listing of the best raid gear available for patch 5.3.0. Items in the following lists are ranked according to the normalized values of their stats. Stats are represented via PP (Pseudo Points) — how valuable a given stat is — normalized to where Intellect = 1PP. The values of hit and […]

Below is the latest listing of the best raid gear available for patch 5.3.0. Items in the following lists are ranked according to the normalized values of their stats. Stats are represented via PP (Pseudo Points) — how valuable a given stat is — normalized to where Intellect = 1PP. The values of hit and […]

The From Darkness, Comes Light ICD was removed some time this weekend. This is not reflected in the post, however, the only affected results will be FDCL being the choice on Heavy Movement fights. Updated March 31, 2013 — I’m working on re-doing the FDCL parts of this because they are having VERY strong showings […]

Updated for Patch 5.2 as of March 11, 2013. With the buff to the damage of Divine Star in 5.1, there has been a lot of discussion about when it is appropriate to use it in lieu of Halo or Cascade. Each has a different cast time, mechanics, and damage out put that make some […]

Below is the latest listing of the best raid gear available for patch 5.2.0. This list assumes you the Legendary Meta Gem (LMG), . Items in the following lists are ranked according to the normalized values of their stats. Stats are represented via PP (Pseudo Points) — how valuable a given stat is — normalized […]

2013/03/25 Corrected Intellect values on some weapons. Marked new Daggers and Maces as such (for racial bonuses). 2013/03/24 Added item IDs for nearly all items in 5.2. Updated drop locations for some items that were previously unknown. Added items that are found in T14/T15 Failbags and BMAH. Updated the PP values for the Best in […]

Important: there has been an important bugfix in SimulationCraft relating to the maximum number of Shadowy Apparitions allowed out at any given time. Sims are being rerun and this post will be updated when more correct data is available on Sunday 3/3. Update 3/4: Blizzard has made more changes on the eve of 5.2’s release, […]